And then we make a BLF meeting in the cloud-castle. 
ArcMania would make one for me with HA3 and bells and whistles but it would probably cost 20x as much. It is perfectly feasible, just not at the price I want to pay....
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I counted the threads - this has the same threading as the new body though it has the same exterior finish as the old ones (I have 6 of the old ones - on a good day 4 of them will light up without fiddling). The Manafont one has 2 or 3 more turns on the tailcap end. the tailcap end on the old ones was the biggest problem. Which makes me want it more.
Pity only 1 mode, however the price is good for what it offers
Worth a try....
I think you are right that this is actually the new C3 type rather than the old C3. Check out the depth of the knurling here:
to have a 17mm driver board. It would be easy to swap it with a http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6190. These can be customised to three modes with jumpers and with an addidional 7135 chip it think might work just fine.
Mmm... very tempting, but... which one of these logos are the real one? New Manafont flashlights, one of them could be a cheap copy 
Sometimes copies of Ultrafires are better than the original.
@Oldienea: That driver would make it 14500 only, so you would loose AA support.
LOL 
OK, but which one is the original?
UPDATE: well, found this logo @ Ultrafire official site.
UPDATE2: Ha ha, another logo: http://www.ultrafire.net/pic/M88.JPG
I always had bad contacts at the head of the light... this was on 3xC3 the case. What could be a sign of longer threads, is the little gap between battery tube and head. I have sworn to myself to never buy UFs any more, where I don't have reviews to check for build quality on the main body, being the guinea pig on UFs is a pain. And even if there are good reviews, you might get something totally different with the next batch... how many different UF C3 are there? ... 10, 20... ?
I think the logos on UF depend on which day of week we have... Mondays it's TLTRAFIRE... because the logomaker partied to much on the weekend. You don't need someone else to worsen the quality, UF can do this themselves. Think of it as UltraLottery. You might get the best flashlight there is, or a doorstop.
I see they've outsourced their graphic design to an institution for the blind. Or someone on the web team needs to learn about scaling images.
Hahahaha LOL Yeah, at this point and taking into account that Ultrafire lights are budget lights, we shouldn't complain if it's a copy or not
Hi guys! There is any discount coupon for this flashlight at manafont????
Are you sure that second letters not a capital 'i'.
Don't know of one - there is a referral programme but i have no idea how it works. If I did, I'd give you my link to use. But you would probably rather that you got the discount instead of me.....
circle referral ftw
Very nice little light. Exactly same size as the AA S1. Good threads, anodized, and all lubed. O-rings front and
back. Nothing glued, so easy modable. Smooth reflector. Very bright with no or very faint Cree rings.
Had a tendency to a hole in the middel. Uncrewed the pill half a turn and now it has the usual big
bright hotspot of a R5. Hotspot brighter than the hotspot of my AA S1, but not much. I cant test
the lumens, so I dont know the figures. To night I´ll test them together in darkness, so I can see
the spil.
Cant tailstand. Body good for holding the light the "cigarway". Lanyard good for big hands.
The C3 has the usual white light of the Cree led. GID o-ring at lens.
Gets hot quickly, so its probably direct driven on 14500. Good handwarmer in winter.
Good light for the price, but if you want a warmer tint, go for the AA S1 and save 4$ in the process.
How is performance on NiMH and alkas?